Verb Shifts

Which sentence uses verb shifts correctly?

• We ate a taco for lunch and will walk around the track.

• Susan cuddles her puppy and walked him outside.

• The girls play battle ball, and the boys will play basketball.

• We wrote our names on a piece of paper and listened to the teacher's directions.

Which sentence uses shifts in verbs correctly?

• Mary slowly walks to the kitchen, as the lights went off.

• Mary slowly walked to the kitchen, as the lights went off.

• Mary slowly will walk to the kitchen, as the lights go off.

• Mary is slowly walking to the kitchen as the lights went off.

Which sentence uses the correct shift in verbs?

• When George goes to the grocery store, he bought a bag of apples.

• When George went to the grocery store, he buys a bag of apples.

• When George is going to the grocery store, he will buy a bag of apples.

• When George went to the grocery store, he bought a bag of apples.

The clown laughs so loudly he scared the children.

• Yes

• No

Is there a shift in this verb tense?

Tom scared the cat, and the cat hisses at him.

• Yes

• No

Is there a shift in this verb tense?

Anna seemed happy, but then she is angry.

• Yes

• No

What type of shift in verb mood is this - Eat ice cream and jog around the playground.

• Appropriate

• Inappropriate

Mike works at the store and he helped several customers.

• Correct verb usa

• Incorrect verb shift

Replace the underlined sentence with the choice that has the correct verb tense.

My mom and I will go see another movie next weekend. We will go with Chantal and her dad. We meet in front of the theater.

• We met in front of the theater.

• We were meeting in front of the theater.

• We will meet in front of the theater.

• We had met in front of the theater.

Fix any verbs that dont match the tense of the verb written in blue. 
The actors will read the script on their own, and then practiced the scenes with each other over the weekend.

• will practice

• practices

• practicing